Both events showed people the thuggery that has been masked for too long behind play-nice euphemistic language such as "wearing is caring," we are "all in this together" and "pay your taxes."

Also that "Israel is our (greatest) ally."

These are just a few examples. There are so many it is difficult to name them all. They permeate our language, in part because they are just accepted and become the language. R. Emmet Tyrell of The American Spectator (which I contribute to often) styles it the Kultursmog.

A fine example that directly pertains to Kirk is the near-ubiquitous use of she in media coverage of men pretending they are women. The pretending is abetted by the affirming. Kirk did not affirm it. He challenged it. It is etymologically because factually incorrect to call a he a "she." Hurt feelings do not change facts. Kirk hurt a lot of feelings. More of us ought to stop worrying about hurting feelings – especially the feelings of people who do not shy away from letting us know they will hurt us if we hurt their feelings by not playing along with their delusions.